Axel Crusher
Little House Brewing Co

Sampling a cold crowler picked up a the brewery sealed date is 3/19. 9.5% on the can. Crowler has been in my fridge since I purchased it.
Pouring cold into my chalice. The beer pours a clear golden color with a few lazy streams rising slowly to the surface.
A fizzy bleached white head foams up and fades to almost nothing soon after the pour. Head retention isnt great, unfortunately.
The aroma is some biscuit malt with a bit of pear and apple notes and some cloves and some black pepper. Not really boozy at all on the nose.
First sip reveals a medium body with smooth texture and fine prickly carbonation. Feels a little sticky on my lips after each sip, but doesnt feel boozy with heat at all.
Flavor is rich with biscuit and caramel up front and rolls to some fruity notes of pear and then back to spicy yeast character. I get cloves and some coriander and then a good black pepper finish. Although I do get a little sweet banana that comes through at the end. Kind of bitey on the finish, but no warmth. The finish is also pretty dry and encourages me to take another sip.
Minus the poor head retention, this flavor and aroma profile is pretty solid for a Tripel and glad to have picked this up at a local Connecticut brewery.

This 32 ounce Crowler can was a delicious treat. As a fan of tripels, this was equal or likely better than the other seven I have tried. I will be looking for this again at the Little House Brewing Company.